Writing instrument



Feb, 15, 1938. c. H. PHILLIPS 2,108,442

` wRlTING INSTRUMENT Filed Aug. 19, 1936 fw @y BY A l* ATTORNEY 45 I pass the lead into and through the tube 4, which Patented Foi. 15,1938 i y 2,108,442

2,108,442 l WRITING INSTRUMENT Charles H. Phillips, Richmond, Va., assigner to The FairwayReal Estate Company, Incorporated, Richmond, Va.

Application August 19, 193s, serial No. sofico i claims. (oi. 12o- 9) My invention relates to writing instruments,` 2 which enters the tube 4, and which is flexible, and to pencils, and particularly to that form of moves with the tube. pencil in which thel lead is inserted in the head, lIf now the lead 3 is fed out beyond the tip 6', and, as it is used, is fed out at the point by and it is then pressed down upon aplane surface, 5 mechanical means. as in the action of writing, the point 5 of the The end of a pencil is comparatively unyieldpencil will give to a degree proportional to the ing, and the lead is\often broken when a prespressure applied; and lines of different depth may sure is applied. This is particularlyvso in the be made by the lead Without as much risk of case of the re-llable pencil, the leads for which breaking the lead as with the ordinary stii point. are usually slighter and less strong than are those Another advantage of my flexible point is that it l0 of the solid pencil. The object of my invention eases the nerve strain 0n the fingers. Whieh is to provide a .re-illlable pencil with a flexible Strain Oftenv reSllliSS iii e form 0f ilemPOl'eJY or resilientend, which may give slightly to pres- Cremp. y sure, and without breaking the lead. It is`not necessary that the tube 44 may slide l5 .In the drawing: Figure I shows the end of a in the aperture; for if the tube 4 oscillates on a' l5 i pencil having my nexiioie point in section; Figures center at i6 the. sprint-wire coll I4 will `stretch III and IV show ends of pencils having my flexible 0r Open and close to accommodate itself to the point in section, but made of slightly diierent Oscillating Of'the tube 4. p -materials.v Figure II shows the Aend ofthe pen- In Figure III I ShOW my flexible Pencil Point cil in elevation. There are several typesof me- With the Spring-Wire C011 lled with rubber 0r 20 chemical-means by whichthe leadmay be i'ed fabric; which makes e little Siiiei point IrlV out at the tip; and'forthe purpose of illustrating AFigure IV I show the same point eS ill Figure III,

my invention I have shown the end of the stii but With the Spring-Wire coil removed; leaving feed-wire which is used to push "the lead forward vonly the flexible rubber 0r fabric. 25. in most pencils. This wire is indicated by the I Gleim: f numeral 2; and asit is moved forward it pushes 1- A Writing inStrllmenl, eemprising e hOllOW the lead 3 through the tube 4 carried in thel point Stem; e POilii' attached t0 the Stem end helling 5, and out. at the tip 6. an apertured base and a hollow tip connected by In Figuree 1 the point 5 consists of a base Il' a spring-Wire coll; a lead-carrying tube attached ao which is fitted into the end lz of the body or to the hollow tip and supported in the aperture in 3o vthe pencil. To thisv base I connect the tapered 'the bese'. i point 5 which may be of any spring material 2. A writing instrument comprising a hollow such as rubber or ceiluloid or metal. when I Stem: apoint attached to the stem and having an make it of metal I make it in the form of a springapertured base and a l'lOllOW til) eermeeted'by ewire coil, as shown at Il in Figures I, n and III. flexible hollow body: a iead-oarryins tube at- 35 In Figure III Ishow the same point 5 and e011 tached to the tip and supported in the aperture I4; but I lill the latter with an elastic or flexible in the bBSematerial I5 such as rubber or fabric.. In a'cheaper "3c A Writing iliiitllililelli!` COmDiiSin 8- Stem.; i pencilV I form the point of rubber or fabric wlth- PQnt attached t0 .the Stem; the Said Poin having c out the tapered spring wire envepmg'con an apertured base, a hollow tip, and a resilient 40 If the lead 3 were 'passed into the exible point body connecting the tip and the apertured baise; Y .f i 5 without any protection, when the point was gg'ugrietggrd ,glie glow up il h e e e. i

exed t e lead would be apt to break. Therefore 4 A Writing instrument: comprising a hollow A is held at the tip 6, and which is also Iloosely held Sgl; o'nni attached t? mh glow tlm gie 45 anche bose n. The aperture ci lein'iho bose s p a ng an per ure e a ow p is short' and the tube is not held rigidly in it' mdr? renfnt bodly (onnectmg hetip lvth the l l ape ure ase; a ea -carrylng u he in the y but can slide through it and also oacillate a little hollow tip and supported 1n the aperture in the .450 init. The posterior end I1 .of the tube 4 is not base; and means for feeding the lead through 50 held rigidly in the stem I of the pencil.: but has the tube. U y a little freedom of movement. The pusher wire CHARLES H. PHILLIPS. 

